Crain Ridge

Crain Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Crain Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 3081
Name ID: 108341

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to c. 1050m in Latady Mountains, Lassiter Coast, was roughly surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in 1947-48; photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from the air photographs by USGS; named after Harold D.K. Crain, USASA handyman, "South Pole Station", winter 1967 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 45' 00.0" S
-74.75000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 50' 00.0" W
-63.83333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Dec-1974

Related information

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